Latkes and applesauce in my tummy.
Latkes and applesauce, yummy, yummy, yummy! (rub tummy)
I open up my mouth and gobble, gobble, gobble. (pretend to put food in mouth with both hands)
I eat so much that I can only wobble! (hold arms out from body and wobble side to side)

(Ask the children for their favorite foods. Substitute those for latkes and applesauce in the song.)

Sung to the tune of “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad”

I’ve been lighting all the candles
On this Hanukah night.
I’ve been lighting all the candles
Just to see them shining bright.
Flicker, flicker little candle
Fill me with your glow
Now the time has come to count them
Ready set let’s go!

Nine little candles in my Hanukkah light,
Burning brightly throughout the night.
But one little candle is taller than the rest,
We call that candle the Shamash.

We light the candles one by one,
We play with dreidels and have some fun.
We dance the hora and tell the story,
Of Judah Maccabee and his glory.

Dreidel Song

I have a little dreidel, I made it out of clay, And when it’s dry and ready, Oh, dreidel I will play.

Oh, Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay; And when it’s dry and ready, Then dreidel I shall play.

It has a lovely body, With legs so short and thin, And when it gets all tired, It drops and then I win. Oh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay, And when it’s dry and ready, Then dreidel I shall play

“On My Hanukkah Menorah”

(Hold up hands with thumbs together for the Shamus (Helper candle) and four fingers on each side representing the eight candles) Tune: 1 Little, Two Little, Three Little…..

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